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The Apprenticeship Council of Puerto Rico is hereby created in the Department of Labor and Human Resources, to be composed of nine (9) members appointed by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, who shall be: three (3) representing labor, three (3) representing the employers, and three (3) representing the public interest. All members shall be persons who are knowledgeable of occupations susceptible to apprenticeship.The members of the Apprenticeship Council shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and take office.In addition, the Chairperson of the Occupational-Technological Education Council shall be an ex officio member of the Council, with voice but without a vote, and shall undertake those functions delegated on him/her by the Council. History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 2; Apr. 25, 1950, No. 108, p. 278, § 1; June 16, 1978, No. 56, p. 181; July 31, 1992, No. 43, § 3.